Fire-extinguishing apparatus



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.B. K. DRIVER.

, FIRE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS. No. 557,060. Patented Mar. 24, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS K. DRIVER, OF LUFKIN, TEXAS.

FIRE-EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,060, dated March24, 1896. Application filed October 3,1895. Serial No. 564,483. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I ELIAS K. DRIVER, of Lufkin, in the county of Angelinaand State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Fire-ExtinguishingApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedfire-extinguishing apparatus more especially designed for use inginmills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings, and arranged toenable "the attendant to quickly turn on streams of water or steam toextinguish the flames in or outside of a building.

The invention consists principally of a valved supply-pipe connectedwith a steamboiler, branch pipes extending vertically from the saidsupply-pipe within and outside of the building, and discharge-nozzlesflexibly connected with the said branch pipes and under the control ofthe operator for directing the stream in a desired direction.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement as applied and with thebuilding shown in section, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The improved fire-extinguishin g apparatus is provided with asupply-pipe A, connected at one end by a pipe B with the mud-drum of theboiler and by a pipe 0 with the steamdome of said boiler, both pipesbeing provided with valves B and C, so that when either of the valves isopened water or steam is passed under pressure into or through the pipeA. The supply-pipe A extends under the building .D and is provided withvertically-dis posed branch pipes E and E, of which the branch pipe Eextends within the building D, and the other pipe extends outsidethereof, as plainly shown in the drawings.

On the branch pipe E within the building are arranged a number ofperforated pipes F, each carrying a valve G, so that when the saidvalves are opened the water or steam passing through the supply-pipe A,'as previously described, can pass through the perforated pipes F intothe building and upon the flames to extinguish the same.

The upper end of the pipe A is provided witlna flexible connection Hcarrying a nozzle I, and a lever J is connected with the said flexibleconnection to bend the latter in any desired direction to direct thenozzle, and consequently the stream of Water or steam issuing throughthe same, to any desired place. A valve G is arranged in theupper end ofthe pipe E to cut off the supply of steam or water from the nozzle I.

The outer branch pipe I is provided near its bottom with a valve G andon the top with a flexible connection H carrying a nozzle I, similarto-the ones above described in reference to the pipe E. The connectionI'I extends horizontally, however, and the nozzle I is supported on astring K attached to a lever L fulcrumed at or near its middle on a rodN secured to the upper end of a post 0. The lever L is provided at itsouter end with a downwardly-extending handle P for convenientlymanipulating the said lever to swing it up and down or to move itsidewise to direct the nozzle I in any desired direction over the roofof the building D to extinguish any fire there might be 011 the roof. Ahandle Q is also attached to the nozzle 1, and extends downwardly toenable the operator to swing the nozzle I horizontally, it beingunderstood that by the use of both handles P and Q the operator isenabled to move the nozzle in any desired direction.

If desired, a tank may be interposed in the pipe B and the tank filledwith water, so that a sufficient supply of water may be had forextinguishing the flames. It isvunderstood that when the apparatus is inoperation the pump for the boiler is set in motion to keep up a steadysupply of water or-steam in addition to the water contained in the tankabove mentioned.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A fire-extinguisher, comprising asupplypipe, a branch pipe rising therefrom, a post adjacent to saidbranch pipe, a flexible pipe ..IOO

communicating with the branch pipe, a nozzle connected with the flexiblepipe, a lever fulcrumed at the upper end of the post and connected toactuate the flexible pipe, and two handles respectively connected Withthe nozzle and with the lever, substantially as described.

2. A fire-extinguisher, comprising a supplypipe having two portionsadapted to be respectively connected with parts of a boiler; a branchpipe extending into the building, perforated distributing-pipescommunicating with the said branch pipe, a flexible pipe connected withthe branch pipe aforesaid, a nozzle for said flexible pipe, a mountedlever actuating the said flexible pipe, a second branch rising from thesupply-pipe and outside of the building, a flexible pipe connected tothe second branch, a post adjacent to the second branch, a lever mountedon said post and connected to actuate the flexible pipe, and two handlesrespectively connected with the lever and flexible pipe, substantiallyas described.

3. A fire-extinguisher,comprising a supplypipe, a branch pipe risingtherefrom, a flexible pipe connected with the branch pipe, a nozzle forthe flexible pipe, a post rising adjacent to the branch pipe, and alever supported adjacent to the nozzle by said post, the lever beingconnected to the nozzle, subsubstantially as described.

ELIAS K. DRIVER.

\Vitnesses:

' G. 1). STEGALL,

A. P. KIMMEY.

